As I was sitting at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the National Park Service budget on Wednesday, the same thought kept running through my mind: funding the federal government in two weeks stints is no way to run a country.  We’ve now had six short term budget bills since last September. Read more

In the wake of the House Majority’s extreme budget bill, which made severe cuts to conservation, it’s clear that we need a better blueprint for the budget going forward.  The Wilderness Society, working together with a host of other conservation groups, has created that blueprint with the release of the Green Budget. Read the group release on the Green Budget Read more